Rail-fastener.



A. BOROW'SKA RAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1914.

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ANNA BOROWSKA, 0F FORK RIVER, MANITOBA, CANADA.

RAIL-FASTENEB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

Application filed May 6, 1914. Serial No. 836,834.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANNA BoRowsKA, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Fork River, in the Province of Manitoba and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a rail fastener, and has for its object to provide means for connecting a pair of parallel track rails to a tie and for further preventing lateral movement of the track rails with respect to each other.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a rail fastener, which is simple in its construction and arrangement, strong, durable, eflicient and convenient in its use, readily set up and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views :F igure 1 is a sectional elevation of a pair of track rails mounted upon a tie and showing the adaptation therewith of a rail fastener in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view illustrating the fastener as applied to the track rails and tie. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the tie, showing the adaptation therewith of the rail fastener with respect to a track rail. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan broken away of a fastener element. Fig. 5 is a detail illustrating the lock for the coupling bolt for the fastener elements, and, Fig. 6 is an elevation, broken away, illustrating one of the fastener elements in an inoperative position.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 7 and 8 denote a pair of track rails, which are arranged parallel to each other and each including a head 9, web 10 and base 11. The bases 11 of the track rails are mounted upon a tie 12, the latter being provided between its center and each end with a transversely extending opening 13, and the said openings 13 are arranged inwardly with respect to 1the planes of the bases 11 of the track rai s.

The rail fastener includes a pair of fastener elements and each element is formed of three sections. As the construction of each fastener element is identical, but one will be described as the description of one applies to the other. Each fastener element includes a bar 13% which is positioned against one side of the tie 12 and has each end thereof enlarged as at 14 and the said enlarged end, at one side thereof, is formed with a longitudinal pocket 15, and the said enlarged end is furthermore provided with an opening 16, which registers with the pocket 15. Formed integral with the top edge of the enlarged end 14 is a hook shaped fastener member 17. The fastener element further includes a hookshaped outer fastener member 18, provided with a tongue 19 adapted to be seated in the pocket 15. T he tongue 19 is formed with an opening 20 which registers with the opening 16. The tongue 19 is flush with one side of the member 18, but said tongue is of less thickness than said member 18, whereby when the tongue 19 is seated in the top 15, the member 18 will be flush with the enlarged end 14..

Extending through each of the openings 13, is a coupling member 20, which consists of a bolt 20 having one end provided with a head 21 and its other end with a threaded socket 22. The headed end of the bolt 20 is arranged in the fastener element A and the end of the bolt having the socket extends into the fastener element B, but the said latter end does not extend entirely through the element B. Mounted in the element B and engaging in the socket 22, is a locking member 23 for the bolt 20. The end of the bolt 20 having the socket is positioned in the tongue 19, while the locking member 23 has its head seated in the enlarged ends 14-.

What I claim is 1. A rail fastener comprising a pair of fastener members adapted to be arranged at the sides of a tie and each including an intermediate and a pair of outer sections, said intermediate sections provided with inner fastener members and said outer sections provided With outer fastener members, said outer sections extending in said intermediate sections, means adapted to engage transversely through a tie and engaging With said elements for coupling the elements to the sides of the tie, and means mounted in one of said elements and engaging in said coupling means for locking the latter.

2. A rail fastener comprising a pair of fastener elements capable of being positioned at the sides of a tie and each including an intermediate and a pair of outer sections extending in the ends of the intermediate sections, rail fasteners carried by said sections and capable of projecting above the top of the tie to engage the bases of a rail, bolts extending through the tie transversely thereof and engaging in said elements for coupling the elements to the sides of the tie,

and means mounted in each of said elements for locking said bolts.

3. A rail fastener comprising a pair of fastener elements adapted to be positioned against the sides of a tie and provided with inner and outer fastener members projecting above the tie and capable of engaging the bases of a pair of track rails, bolts adapted to extend through a tie transversely thereof and engage in said elements for coupling them to the tie, and means mounted in one of said elements and engaging in the bolts for locking these latter.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ANNA BOROVVSKA.

VVitne'sses A. L. BoNNYoA'sTLn, ERNEST F. M. BLITZ.

Copies of this patent inay be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. O." 

